Chinese laborers build an airfield in Western China during World War II. Nearly 70,000 Chinese laborers walk to an airfield construction site. Men, women and children carry primitive tools as they walk towards the airfield site. Laborers work with primitive tools as they construct an airfield for United States Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortresses. Laborers break stones with hammers. A treadmill being used too mix water and sand. Laborers eat chow for lunch. A 10 ton roller being hauled over the runway as men pull it. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Another B-29 aircraft taxis along and takes off. Chinese laborers build an airfield in Western China during World War II. Nearly 70,000 Chinese laborers walk to an airfield construction site. Men, women and children carry primitive tools as they walk towards the airfield site. Laborers work with primitive tools as they construct an airfield for United States Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortresses. Laborers break stones with hammers. A treadmill being used too mix water and sand. Laborers eat chow for lunch. A 10 ton roller being hauled over the runway as men pull it. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Another B-29 aircraft taxis along and takes off.
A United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft takes off from China during World War II. The B-29 Superfortress aircraft taxis and takes off from a runway. The aircraft in flight over mountains. Engineers of the Chinese Army construct landing strips.
U.S. Army Air Force nurses land in China to help the American troops which are fighting the Japanese. They are welcomed by the Chinese nurses. The nurses climb into jeeps and are driven away. (World War II period).
A Chinese refugee boy, Little Tiger Joe, is adopted as a mascot by men of the United States 14th Air Force in China. A commanding officer picks up the boy from a road and takes him to a senior officer. Little Tiger Joe is dressed in a uniform. He eats a meal with airmen and marches with them.
Chinese refugees flee from a Japanese offensive in China. The refugees walk along a road with their belongings. They take rest and camp on the way. United States soldiers share their medical supplies with the refugees. Children eat food. Chinese troops move ahead after resting. (World War II period).
An air pickup rescue in China. A R-6 helicopter evacuates wounded soldiers. A L-20 Beaver picks up soldiers from the ground using a technique at a speed of 130 mph. A soldier being strapped before the airlift. The aircraft lifts him up with great speed. A United States aircraft parked. (World War II period).